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Get Your Hotdogs Here...The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) heads from the biggest track on the schedule to the smallest for round two at Martinsville Speedway. Miguel Paludo has five previous starts at the 0.526-mile paperclip-shaped track and has completed 100-percent of the 1,150 laps in those five events. Earlier this season, Paludo ran in the top 10 for nearly the entire event and occupied the top five for much of the second half of the race, but a wild final restart marred the Brazilian's stellar run, resulting in a 17th-place finish.

Homeward Bound...Following a wild race at Talladega, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) will make its way to Martinsville Speedway for some short-track racing. A South Boston, Virginia native, Jeb Burton will hit the 0.526-mile track for the Kroger 200 on Saturday afternoon in the No. 4 Arrowhead/Kangaroo Express truck. In his last run at the paperclip-shaped track, Burton impressed all when he won the Keystone Light pole award, led the most laps and ended the day with a third-place finish.

Short Track Beating and Banging...James Buescher and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) visit NASCAR's smallest track for the Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway. Buescher and his No. 31 Rheem team come into the Kroger 200 with nothing to lose and will focus on capturing their third victory of the season and Buescher's first at Martinsville Speedway.

Short Track Racing...Brandon Jones will make his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) start at Martinsville Speedway this weekend.Jones and his Exide crew are just coming off a test at Motor Mile Speedway and have high expectations for the young driver in his first start at the track known as the "paperclip."

This weekend, Marcos Ambrose and the No. 9 DEWALT team return to the .526-mile Martinsville (Va.) Speedway where in April the team scored its first top-10 of the year.

Coming off a top-10 finish at the fast and wild Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, David Ragan is ready to hit the brakes at the half-mile Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. Ragan's No. 34 Taco Bell team tested for two days at the .526-mile oval earlier this month in a new Front Row Motorsports-built car. Their preps have them ready to go 500 laps in Sunday's Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500.

Racing his first full race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway in April, Josh Wise likened the half-mile oval to a classroom. The driver of the No. 35 MDS Transport Ford learned quite a bit from his first trip to the short track dubbed the "Paperclip." He is eager to apply those lessons learned in the Sprint Cup Series' return to the track for this weekend's Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500.

There's one thing that's always in the toolbox for Front Row Motorsports' No. 38 team: patience. David Gilliland and his Long John Silver's Ford crew often use it to their advantage on race weekends, employing a never-give-up attitude to get the best result possible.

Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) announced today Greg Ebert will serve as the interim crew chief for the No. 43 Ford and driver Aric Almirola starting this weekend at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. Ebert will fulfill this role on an interim basis for the remainder of the season.

Paul Wolfe, crew chief for Brad Keselowski and the No. 2 Miller Lite Fusion, helped guide the team to the top finish for Ford in the spring race at Martinsville Speedway. As the teams head back to the short track this weekend, Ford Racing caught up with Wolfe to find out how his team has prepared to repeat that top-10 effort and more.